Entries by AlanPaul
9/11 16 years later – still raw
Reposted today, as I do every year on this date. I don’t think the words will ever be any less true. Last week, the whole family visited the Flight 93 crash sight in Shanksville, PA and paid our respects. All the same feelings… Fifteen years later, 9-11 is still very, very raw to me. In 2011, on […]
Inside the Making of Gregg Allman’s Southern Blood
Scott Sharrard joined Gregg Allman’s band as guitarist in 2008 and became the Musical Director in 2014. His first run as MD was at the Macon Opera House, shows captured on the Back To Macon, GA live album and DVD. “We had been spending a lot of time writing together, developing this relationship as collaborators […]
Gregg Allman: A Personal Reflection
I am re-posting in advance of the Friday, September 8 release of his final album, Southern Blood. “Check this out, man!” Gregg Allman leaned back in his chair and pulled his shirt up to reveal giant scarring across his midsection. “Ooh boy! If they told me how much it hurt, I would have just said, ‘No […]
Roots Rock Revival: What It’s All About
On Monday, August 14, some 100 music lovers and jam fiends from all over the world will descend on the Full Moon Resort near Woodstock New York for the fifth annual Roots Rock Revival music camp. Roots Rock was the brainchild of Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks, who recruited a staff of teachers/counselors including bassist […]
Watkins Glen Summer Jam: the story behind the largest rock festival
In honor of Jerry Garcia’s 75th birthday, I present this extensive, exclusive article on the Watkins Glen Summer Jam, at the time the largest concert ever. What an event. This story ran in a Grateful Dead one shot I wrote and edited for Parade along with the great GD historian Blair Jackson. We did great […]
Introducing my Chinese bandmates to the Allman Brothers Band
This is an excerpt of my first book, Big in China. Signed copies are available directly from me here, where you can also learn a lot more about the book. It is also available in Kindle right here or as an Audiobook narrated by me here. A little background first: Occupied with settling down and helping my three kids, aged 2, […]